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c-span: if we saw you in your environment where you're putting all this together and actually writing what would it look like? >> guest: it's a little cubbyhole in the rest of the turret of an old victorian house with files for all the way down through -- and the basement, fireproof files that go all over the place accumulated over these 16 years. but where i actually right is right up in the top of a trait that -- i would be claustrophobic. except i put into skylights that i look out and let in a lot of light. c-span: how much time you spend there? how long does it -- you know, do you have any idea how many hours it took you to write 1600 pumas? >> guest: absolutely none. but my discipline is that if i don't start at 5:00 in the morning and do what i call stewing for a while, then the disease can get away from me. if i start after i freakin' to the kids to school, i have to get going in the morning, sit for a certain number of hours a day. i can't start at five and going to the evening of the way i did my first started because i'm getting a little older. i don't have quite the same s
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nothing to do about the environment, everything to do about making money for obama's cronies in the green energy space. lori: certainly maybe if you are shareholder you can get a piece of that and invested those. you could try and profit along with it. one thing that i heard a lot before the election from people in the energy industry is that they really believe that after the election it would clear the way politically for president obama to be a proponent of the exxon pipeline. i felt like he fundamentally was against the idea. >> to get reelected without approving a pipeline that could have brought us more energy security and jobs. you get elected without that. why will he do it now? his climate change the agenda will be very high. he will talk about a carbon tax, but we will release its of regulatory agencies, resting down on the regulations to force the price of regular fool's fire lori: maybe some of these will be built by people who are more friendly. have we heard a name? >> i expected to be worse. greenhouse rules in the pipeline. it will stop the construction of the coal-fired p
nothing to do about the environment, everything to do about making money for obama's cronies in the green energy space. lori: certainly maybe if you are shareholder you can get a piece of that and invested those. you could try and profit along with it. one thing that i heard a lot before the election from people in the energy industry is that they really believe that after the election it would clear the way politically for president obama to be a proponent of the exxon pipeline. i felt like he...
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the policy overlay, the policy concerns that have been a bit of be a an override, created an adverse environment on the dodd frank act. i think we're in the process of moving beyond those concerns and that could be really, really helpful. >> jared, is there a realistic prospect for something that could respectably be called tax reform or is that simply an exercise to raise a little bit more revenue? >> more of the latter than the former in my humble opinion. it's great they're all getting along today as hampton was telling us, but the idea of very deep tax reform seems pretty difficult given the disagreements up there. on the other hand, you were mentioning this earlier and i agree, the deal will involve both revenues, probably from the tax expenditure side, and spending cuts, and as has been said, the president has significant spending cuts on the table. >> corporate tax reform? >> possibly, but i'm not sure -- that again is going to be lower rate, broader base. i don't know if that's real massive tax reform. >> a second coming out for the obama daughters who have grown up before our eyes. >> p
the policy overlay, the policy concerns that have been a bit of be a an override, created an adverse environment on the dodd frank act. i think we're in the process of moving beyond those concerns and that could be really, really helpful. >> jared, is there a realistic prospect for something that could respectably be called tax reform or is that simply an exercise to raise a little bit more revenue? >> more of the latter than the former in my humble opinion. it's great they're all...
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democrats and republicans mingling well together, but of course the environment here in washington these days has been very difficult as they tackle tough fiscal issues. so will be interesting to see if a second term honeymoon lnery ver long or whether essentially one day before, republicans or democrats are back slugging it out, tomorrow, shep. shepard: the smart money on the latter. mark, constitution commands this inauguration will take place on the 20th of january each year at high noon and it did just that yesterday. this is really for ceremony and for show what happens to be the day which we celebrate the life of dr. martin luther king, jr.. my understanding there is statue of him just above and i wonder how that will play into matters today? >> that's right. president obama made reference in recent days feeling connection to dr. king 50 years ago. also to president lincoln, 150 years ago, and so, as part of the inaugurations, we've seen him use bibles from dr. king and also from president lincoln. there is a statue. there is a statue of dr. king in the capitol rotunda of dr. king.
democrats and republicans mingling well together, but of course the environment here in washington these days has been very difficult as they tackle tough fiscal issues. so will be interesting to see if a second term honeymoon lnery ver long or whether essentially one day before, republicans or democrats are back slugging it out, tomorrow, shep. shepard: the smart money on the latter. mark, constitution commands this inauguration will take place on the 20th of january each year at high noon and...
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supreme court justices do not avail themselves of political environments unless they are behaving in a way unbecoming or for justice. to have them there today is a reminder of the power of the united states. >> there are two people that have been fantastic for the country and barack obama. secretary of state, hillary clinton, and of course, bill clinton, former president. he was hired to work re-election for barack obama. >> former president carter and clinton in attendance today. first president bush was recently hospitalized and has been let out of the hospital and is home recovering. he won't be there today. neither with the second bush. no reason for his absence today, but we surmise that has to do right for being with his dad. >> i love to see the flags. in fact, i think there's -- i don't remember that many flags four years ago. somebody's handing them out. >> do you think? >> we talked a lot about whether or not the election and now re-election of president obama means something beyond the symbol for african-americans, whether there's something substantively important, but it
supreme court justices do not avail themselves of political environments unless they are behaving in a way unbecoming or for justice. to have them there today is a reminder of the power of the united states. >> there are two people that have been fantastic for the country and barack obama. secretary of state, hillary clinton, and of course, bill clinton, former president. he was hired to work re-election for barack obama. >> former president carter and clinton in attendance today....
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these are our kids, we're trying to raise kids in this heinous media environment, this fish bowl, and we would appreciate it if you could, in effect, not report some of what you know and look away and most of us have been especially especially those of us who are parents, happy to abide by those rules. >> mrs. obama spent the first few months telling everybody i'm mom in chief. that is my job. it is possible to raise children in this incredibly intense spotlight and have them come out and be wonderful people and by all accounts, sasha and malia are having that experience, too. it's something that mrs. obama has talked about recently. i think i read a quote she said she's pleasantly surprised at how normal they are. so much so that the president notes they're not that interested in hanging out with him any more. this is a family enterprise. it's not the normal job where the parents and the children aren't connected through this. they have to go through this political experience. it's an incredibly intense spotlight. but by all accounts, these girls are flourishing. >> and i think about
these are our kids, we're trying to raise kids in this heinous media environment, this fish bowl, and we would appreciate it if you could, in effect, not report some of what you know and look away and most of us have been especially especially those of us who are parents, happy to abide by those rules. >> mrs. obama spent the first few months telling everybody i'm mom in chief. that is my job. it is possible to raise children in this incredibly intense spotlight and have them come out and...
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we know it is housed in a water-proof, fire-proof environment. that's the biden bible. >> the biden family bible. being brought in by the attorney general of delaware. that's the next big event, coming up. the swearing in of the vice president. >> it had a celtic cross on the front of it. >> we can't help but remember the 70-year-old vice president's mother was there. that's the family bible. >> yes. >> dating back to the 19th century. >> the vice president had a bigger ceremony for his official swearing in yesterday, than president obama. about 120 people were there. we see more members of the senate delegation there. orrin hatch, dianne feinstein, senator thune of south carolina. >> donna brazile, last year, you were wearing your fleece. everyone looks a lot happier this year. >> it's a lot warmer this year. i thought of miss bing up there. i had a nice seat. yesterday, i was honored to be with the vice president and dr. jill biden, at the naval observatory. we had an incredible morning. sonia sotomayer, justice, gave the oath of office. and it
we know it is housed in a water-proof, fire-proof environment. that's the biden bible. >> the biden family bible. being brought in by the attorney general of delaware. that's the next big event, coming up. the swearing in of the vice president. >> it had a celtic cross on the front of it. >> we can't help but remember the 70-year-old vice president's mother was there. that's the family bible. >> yes. >> dating back to the 19th century. >> the vice president...
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i mean for the past several years, we've been wringing our hands about creating a stable environment in afghanistan, and the theory then well you do that, and we have solved the -- solved the al qaeda problem. we've been saying that for years that isn't the case. the facility that was hit, you know, these companies, this is where they operate, they operate in high risk, high threat areas, and they have a very high risk appetite. they understand the dangers that are involved. but the problem is the confluence of events. the things that have been happening including libya as you mentioned have allowed for a strengthening of the primary extremist groups. stuart: you could say this is the down side of the arab spring to some degree. it is a big down side. by the way we're just learning that three american hostages died in the takeover there. that's just been revealed just moments ago, literally. last one to you, mike, do you -- do you think it's possible to protect facilities like the one that was just attacked in algeria? they're remote. they're huge, and they are remote. >> well, you c
i mean for the past several years, we've been wringing our hands about creating a stable environment in afghanistan, and the theory then well you do that, and we have solved the -- solved the al qaeda problem. we've been saying that for years that isn't the case. the facility that was hit, you know, these companies, this is where they operate, they operate in high risk, high threat areas, and they have a very high risk appetite. they understand the dangers that are involved. but the problem is...
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i noticed he mentioned global warming and environment. that's another thing we need to move forward to attend to. he has a big agenda ahead of him, and very serious problems in several countries in the world, but i think his movement out of war, as he said, ending a deca decade, as a matter of fact, more than a decade of war, i hope that will prevail. >> thank you, mr. president. enjoy the lunch. i heard it's pretty tasty. back to you, anderson. >> you see the supreme court justice scalia there, and now you see john kerry. we just saw barack obama signing the papers for him to be nominated as secretary of state. let's check in with robin meade. robin? >> if you're on the national mall like these folks were, i want to see how the speech resonated with them. i told them they could get their word in. stephanie is from indianapolis, and you said there is a part of the speech that really resonated with you. >> yes, it was a very emotional moment, but the best part was the president calling us to unite as a nation, unite as a nation. it was won
i noticed he mentioned global warming and environment. that's another thing we need to move forward to attend to. he has a big agenda ahead of him, and very serious problems in several countries in the world, but i think his movement out of war, as he said, ending a deca decade, as a matter of fact, more than a decade of war, i hope that will prevail. >> thank you, mr. president. enjoy the lunch. i heard it's pretty tasty. back to you, anderson. >> you see the supreme court justice...
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dangers republican votes, they called it, that pass through the house but anti-women, anti-consumer, anti-environment, pro-empire, pro-corporate welfare, right? the democrats should have land slighted them. they did not use those 60. they did not use them in each congressional district. it was all about trace the middle-class, forget the poor, never mention the word for a minimum wage. it was all about raising money. they should have a landslided. when i went to the house in march of last year, leading democrats had already conceded to defeat to boehner and cantor. i would say this of people who were in there for 30 years, how many seats do think the democrats are going to win? they never went higher than 50 and needed 25 seats. they ended up with seven. so what are we doing with the democratic party that cannot defend the country against the most ravaging the ignorant, cruel, vicious, anti-people and hire promoting republican party? what what happened to the bill? then we will talk about we think are the best strategy is to push a florida. jesse jackson is no longer in congress. he was the one, jess
dangers republican votes, they called it, that pass through the house but anti-women, anti-consumer, anti-environment, pro-empire, pro-corporate welfare, right? the democrats should have land slighted them. they did not use those 60. they did not use them in each congressional district. it was all about trace the middle-class, forget the poor, never mention the word for a minimum wage. it was all about raising money. they should have a landslided. when i went to the house in march of last year,...
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you're also assessing the environment. are all the players in place? you're looking at about 40 something law enforcement agencies and it's an orchestra coming together to do a symphony and the secret service is the conductor. >> during the parade, the thrill of thrills for someone along the parade route is when the president and first lady get out of the car and walk. they get to see them. >> yeah. >> they get to get a glimpse of them. that has to be the biggest nightmare for people in your former position. >> yes. of course, you don't want them coming into close proximity with people. you don't know what a person is going to do, even though they've gone through a metal detector. you don't know what their intentions are. >> is that what we think of as a spontaneous moment where the president gets out, actually a carefully, orchestrated event? >> sometimes yes, sometimes no. sometimes we think, okay, we're going to go from point a to point b. and he may do a b-line and go the other way. >> can't the secret service tell him, mr. president, this is where
you're also assessing the environment. are all the players in place? you're looking at about 40 something law enforcement agencies and it's an orchestra coming together to do a symphony and the secret service is the conductor. >> during the parade, the thrill of thrills for someone along the parade route is when the president and first lady get out of the car and walk. they get to see them. >> yeah. >> they get to get a glimpse of them. that has to be the biggest nightmare for...
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and how can we serve when it comes to faith, the environment and health. and everyone had a message to spread. celebrities like rosario dawson. lots of media people like pierce morgan. everyone wants to be a part of this. >> we've been saying that the numbers as far as everyday americans might not be the same as it was four years ago. but from the perspective of the a listers how are we looking compared to years past? >> it's still the top of the talk. sure oprah is out of town. steven spielberg is busy today but you have power, influential and interesting people who want to come and support barack obama. people are proud to have him as the leader and they want to come out and show that support from hollywood onward. >> you've looked at this historically over the many many years. and a lot of this started in terms of hollywood coming to washington for the inaugural festivities. i want to ask you a question. there seems to be the feeling or belief that when a democratic president is being inaugurated, you get more celebrities than when a republican presiden
and how can we serve when it comes to faith, the environment and health. and everyone had a message to spread. celebrities like rosario dawson. lots of media people like pierce morgan. everyone wants to be a part of this. >> we've been saying that the numbers as far as everyday americans might not be the same as it was four years ago. but from the perspective of the a listers how are we looking compared to years past? >> it's still the top of the talk. sure oprah is out of town....
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with my obama shirt and i know he's a conservative, but we work together to have a productive worker environment. i drive a school bus. i think that is what we have to do in our congress and in our san net and the executive branch. i just want to say one quote, because it is on my shirt. it says -- a change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. we're the ones that we have been waiting for. we are the change that we seek. host: all right, that was from a vendor of, pennsylvania. we have been showing you all these live pictures from our around washington. these are all the different scenes from the white house. there is the mall as it fills in. 8:00 a.m. eastern time the ceremony will not begin until about 11:20 a.m., but people started arriving early. the metro opened at 4:00 a.m. and the trends are crowded. the streets were crowded with cars. people wanted to get it early start. a lot of the area around here is shut down for security reasons. it makes it more difficult to drive in washington where there's a lot of traffic anyway. so it makes it a little more difficul
with my obama shirt and i know he's a conservative, but we work together to have a productive worker environment. i drive a school bus. i think that is what we have to do in our congress and in our san net and the executive branch. i just want to say one quote, because it is on my shirt. it says -- a change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. we're the ones that we have been waiting for. we are the change that we seek. host: all right, that was from a vendor of,...
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i also think obama has a bad record on the environment and with advisors like susan rice who is heavily invested in keystone xl, i don't think we are going to see him block that either. >> bill: on the environment, i am not disagreeing with you to the extent that the republicans accuse him of spending $900,000,000,000, or 90 billion on renewable energy and solar and wind and geo thermal and the electric battery. >> that's more than any other president has done. i think he gets good marks for that. but i agree with you on the justice department. i think eric holder proved to be a bad choice. he's really fallen down in several areas. the ones that you mentioned. remember, also, he said they were not going to go after bush and cheney on war crimes or on illegal acts like the illegal wiretapping of all americans. i don't think they have -- the idea they are still going out after million marijuana clinics in california is just ridiculous plus eric holder is saying they are going to enforce federal pot laws in colorado and washington state. i don't think eric holder meets the test. and i'm so
i also think obama has a bad record on the environment and with advisors like susan rice who is heavily invested in keystone xl, i don't think we are going to see him block that either. >> bill: on the environment, i am not disagreeing with you to the extent that the republicans accuse him of spending $900,000,000,000, or 90 billion on renewable energy and solar and wind and geo thermal and the electric battery. >> that's more than any other president has done. i think he gets good...
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spend on some of the more ambitious items on his agenda, like guns and immigration who anything on the environment or education policy, and the president really only has six to eight months to get that done according to historia historians. >>> let me ask you more about thatment we know you wrote a piece for nbcnews.com that explains why the next six months are critical for the president. can you talk a little more about that? >> yes. this is something, like i said, historians have seen that presidents often only have about six to eight months to get something done. they look at lbj trying to get civil rights or the great society items of legislation done that we think of today. and if president obama is going to get anything done on his sweeping call to action on guns or anything done on immigration where really latinos were such a huge part of his coalition to win in 2012, if he's going to get any of that stuff done, it's really important to get off to a quick start and get some of that done in the first six to eight months because otherwise, most of these guys, these elected officials look towa
spend on some of the more ambitious items on his agenda, like guns and immigration who anything on the environment or education policy, and the president really only has six to eight months to get that done according to historia historians. >>> let me ask you more about thatment we know you wrote a piece for nbcnews.com that explains why the next six months are critical for the president. can you talk a little more about that? >> yes. this is something, like i said, historians...
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bush came hoping to change the environment. bill clinton came thinking he could change it. the last person who began to sense there were greater possibilities was reagan, that was almost a different political age. it was harder to govern then. >> you also think about, had the clintons and how bill clinton -- he seemed to revel in politics, the reaching out to people. in the article, i found it fascinating that the obamas haven't had bill and hillary clinton over for dinner. i -- i mean, she's -- all the things that bill clinton did during the campaign, all the work that hillary clinton's done, they've never had a dinner at the white house with them? >> i think this is something outsiders find difficult and surprising. the obamas can be vivacious, charming they have great public personalities. what people in washington see -- but i think people all over the country don't necessarily see it, there's an intro version there, a self-protectedness. the obamas said both when the president became famous in 2004 and again when they came to washington, no new friends, which is the op
bush came hoping to change the environment. bill clinton came thinking he could change it. the last person who began to sense there were greater possibilities was reagan, that was almost a different political age. it was harder to govern then. >> you also think about, had the clintons and how bill clinton -- he seemed to revel in politics, the reaching out to people. in the article, i found it fascinating that the obamas haven't had bill and hillary clinton over for dinner. i -- i mean,...
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how would you invest in this environment? lots of challenges in terms of washington and the slow economy. the muni bond market, obviously you and your father have long specialized in at lebenthal. what's your take on how to allocate capitn'pital today? >> there are so many things going on and the bond industry is still what a question in terms of what will happen as talks continue and will there be some form of tax on municipals. i think the important thing to do, both men and women, is not to make any rash moves when things happen in washington for when there are major moves. really try and remember that you're planning for your life. you want to think about what your goals are and how your investments actually fit into that. one of the most important things that people should be doing, actually every year, is sitting down and doing a lifestyle analysis and figuring out how much am i spending, how much do i have to save and how much do i have to invest? have my goals changed? and then i do recommend people work with a financ
how would you invest in this environment? lots of challenges in terms of washington and the slow economy. the muni bond market, obviously you and your father have long specialized in at lebenthal. what's your take on how to allocate capitn'pital today? >> there are so many things going on and the bond industry is still what a question in terms of what will happen as talks continue and will there be some form of tax on municipals. i think the important thing to do, both men and women, is...
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and chill out in this pleasant and quiet environment and you might see butter nice, and dandelion and is squirrels hundred dollaring for their next meal and buena vista park is 88 >> good afternoon, everyone, almost good evening, and welcome to san francisco city hall. i'm supervisor scott wiener. i have the honor of representing district 8 including the castro on the board of supervisors. and which district are formerly represented by harvey milk. supervisor olague likes to remind me we share the district 5 represented by milk. and we're here today to remember supervisor harvey milk and mayor george moscone who were brutally assassinated decades ago. and we gather every year to remember, and not just to remember and to mourn, but also to remember the positives and to remember frankly both of these great men and what they contributed to our community. you know, with respect to harvey milk, there will never, ever be another harvey milk in our community in terms of what he represented for our community in terms of a step forward. we are now elected lgbt peep to office and harvey was suc
and chill out in this pleasant and quiet environment and you might see butter nice, and dandelion and is squirrels hundred dollaring for their next meal and buena vista park is 88 >> good afternoon, everyone, almost good evening, and welcome to san francisco city hall. i'm supervisor scott wiener. i have the honor of representing district 8 including the castro on the board of supervisors. and which district are formerly represented by harvey milk. supervisor olague likes to remind me we...
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in a tough environment like this. they got all happy with the lead but we knew it was about finishing. we've got one more to go. >> a long eight years. we've been struggling and struggling. the same guys in the locker room, finally got the right guys to lead us. we kept working. we got one more. we've got to see what we do. >> a lot of hard work we put in. back to the off-season training, and it's not too many things that put the shoulder pads on. we put the shoulder pads on a lot. even now in practice. just the way we train. a mind-set when we go about our business on a day-to-day basis. the reason why we're in the game today. >> so many emotions. you start thinking about so much stuff. and in the road it took to get here. man, it's just -- i don't know. i can't describe it. >> i've been here through thick and thin, in the down years. so it's special to get this organization back to the top, give us another opportunity to play one more game. and get to our goal, which is playing in the super bowl. >> we're going to e
in a tough environment like this. they got all happy with the lead but we knew it was about finishing. we've got one more to go. >> a long eight years. we've been struggling and struggling. the same guys in the locker room, finally got the right guys to lead us. we kept working. we got one more. we've got to see what we do. >> a lot of hard work we put in. back to the off-season training, and it's not too many things that put the shoulder pads on. we put the shoulder pads on a lot....
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that ruined the environment. i know each side blames the other side. i don't want to revisit history, but as the president picks his order this time, republicans have, for example, shown a willingness to work on immigration. should he do immigration before gun control, try to cooperate before confrontation? >> well, i think the president is going to move forward and see this as a walk and chew gum moment. he's going to do the things that are so necessary for both the american economy and the american people. and the decision to move forward with gun control obviously comes out of the tragedy that took place in newtown, but also because of the many, many tragedies that have taken place in communities around the country. and obviously, the issue with regard to immigration reform is one of moving our economy forward as well as the moral issues that surround ensuring that we've got high-skilled immigration, but we also are moving people out of the shadows into american civic society. >> what about the cabinet? you were -- obviously you're a female, you're
that ruined the environment. i know each side blames the other side. i don't want to revisit history, but as the president picks his order this time, republicans have, for example, shown a willingness to work on immigration. should he do immigration before gun control, try to cooperate before confrontation? >> well, i think the president is going to move forward and see this as a walk and chew gum moment. he's going to do the things that are so necessary for both the american economy and...
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i long been a foe of the environment and nature mainly because i don't love camping or bugs. we haven't been on the same side of the global warming debate. neil: "little house on the prairie". you seem to be very happy back then. >> yeah. one big lie. neil: get me back to the city. get me back to the city. >> quickly as possible. i live in the concrete jungle here. in any case i got really nervous when i heard olive gard was being threatened. wait a second --. neil: you have never been in a olive garden >> i love olive garden. i love olive garden. neil: look at me. all right, i will play along. keep going. >> so, you know, i was very worried about this. lo and behold thank goodness "newsweek" was wrong, totally wrong. their premise is basically that global warming is crowding out pasta, you know, it is ruining our climate. what did they say, temperatures are rising. rainfall is shifting. droughts are intensifying. what will we eat when wheat won't grow? neil: till we're all done. >> right. where do you start. neil: what is so stupid, you want to make people afraid. you can ha
i long been a foe of the environment and nature mainly because i don't love camping or bugs. we haven't been on the same side of the global warming debate. neil: "little house on the prairie". you seem to be very happy back then. >> yeah. one big lie. neil: get me back to the city. get me back to the city. >> quickly as possible. i live in the concrete jungle here. in any case i got really nervous when i heard olive gard was being threatened. wait a second --. neil: you...
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is a machine of this time, the time is calling for social justice, economic justice, looking at our environment, finding a solution to war and terrorism, finding creative ways of moving forward. there's a zeitgeist in the country right now, a collective longing for fairness. and in every respect, president obama represents fairness. throughout his four years, he he's wanted fairness, whether it's in economics or health reform or looking at the environment as our extension of ourselves. president obama represents hope, trust, stability and compassion. he's the right person for this time. it's no accident that the inrecalling ral ceremony is tomorrow on martin luther king day. i just wonder if when martin luther king jr. said "i have a dream," did he have this vision? >> interesting. >> you said lincoln was the right man for the time. in your article, i don't have it in front of me, i'm paraphrasing, you said lincoln was reviled and he was loved at the same time. think many people would feel the same way about president obama now. >> yes. >> do you think people knew that about link unand do you t
is a machine of this time, the time is calling for social justice, economic justice, looking at our environment, finding a solution to war and terrorism, finding creative ways of moving forward. there's a zeitgeist in the country right now, a collective longing for fairness. and in every respect, president obama represents fairness. throughout his four years, he he's wanted fairness, whether it's in economics or health reform or looking at the environment as our extension of ourselves....
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we thought maybe the environment was going to maybe not make the list at all. >> i go back what the president said in his first inaugural address he talked about the time of putting off unpleasant decision that time has surely passed. the most unpleasant decision is the country is going broke and we need to save our children and we need to save the next generation it is becoming, the demographic changes of america is what is driving it even more than spending decisions are and the task of whoever is president in this era to deal with the underlying demographic issues we face and entitlements. we don't do that we will continue to have a low-growth economy with high unemployment. got to get our fiscal house in order. to me that is the biggest of all. >> havens, do you think, given the president any genuine sign they are willing to work with him? >> well, the decision to postpone a fight over the debt limit, that, of itself, was. they saved themselves from themselves, which i believe. but also a recognition the president has the upper hand on some things, can't fight him on everything. republica
we thought maybe the environment was going to maybe not make the list at all. >> i go back what the president said in his first inaugural address he talked about the time of putting off unpleasant decision that time has surely passed. the most unpleasant decision is the country is going broke and we need to save our children and we need to save the next generation it is becoming, the demographic changes of america is what is driving it even more than spending decisions are and the task of...
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fully expect him to engage the public who has changed in the last 30 days to create that political environment, that it's going to make it, you know, better for members who are tempted to vote for some of these measures to actually follow through and do it. >> what do you make of some of these folks? some of these folks who are saying there's a growing concern that the president and congress are trying to rewrite the second amendment and that they are trying to take guns away from people? >> you know, again, i come from a relatively rural part of connecticut, and, you know, there are a lot of gun owners in my opinion, we've already been talking to with e-mails and calls, and who do -- are willing to support measures like local background checks so people with criminal records are prevented from buying weapons. if you look at supreme court decisions, hellor versus d.c., that set for the the strong interpretation of the second amendment as an individual right, even within the context of that ruling justice scalia says society has the right to restrict ownership for people with mental illness and
fully expect him to engage the public who has changed in the last 30 days to create that political environment, that it's going to make it, you know, better for members who are tempted to vote for some of these measures to actually follow through and do it. >> what do you make of some of these folks? some of these folks who are saying there's a growing concern that the president and congress are trying to rewrite the second amendment and that they are trying to take guns away from people?...
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both of those were similar kinds of political environments. congress was in the hands of the other party. or one house was, at least. and each of them was very gracious towards the other party. reached out, said things about the goodwill of the other party. >> the difference there is reagan could look back and talk about how the republicans worked with democrats to fix social security, bill clinton could look back and talk about the deficit reduction plan. other things they had done a little bit together. it's harder for president obama to do that because there's been so much polarization. >> polarization has been on both sides. it would be a good step for the president, i actually don't expect him to take it. to try to put that behind, to have at least a rhetorical frame for being more enveloping. obviously in the last few days, last week or so, he hasn't taken that tact. he's, he had his press conference about a week ago. he's had some, they've floated some stories about how they're going to have a more confrontational stand. and that seems
both of those were similar kinds of political environments. congress was in the hands of the other party. or one house was, at least. and each of them was very gracious towards the other party. reached out, said things about the goodwill of the other party. >> the difference there is reagan could look back and talk about how the republicans worked with democrats to fix social security, bill clinton could look back and talk about the deficit reduction plan. other things they had done a...
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we will change the environment in which politics is being conducted. we will elect many more women to public office. that is a very good thing for our country. >> out as a young mother. i got a solicitation letter from a group of women who said they were getting organized to get more women elected for public office. i thought that is a powerful idea. about 25 years later. people are taught about how i should grow wings and fly. she said he should do this. i can show you how and i can promise if you do emily's list will be with you every step of the way. i and the senator from the commonwealth of massachusetts. >> i am cleric paschal -- claire mccaskill. the energy in this room is amazing. i am taking it with me. i will draw upon it many times over the next six years when there are tough votes ahead. many people heard of todd a a senator or as statewide official. i was the doctor of the first woman elected to the council in the town -- daughter of the first woman ever elected to the council the town ichor up in. i knew what it took. it was not a mystery
we will change the environment in which politics is being conducted. we will elect many more women to public office. that is a very good thing for our country. >> out as a young mother. i got a solicitation letter from a group of women who said they were getting organized to get more women elected for public office. i thought that is a powerful idea. about 25 years later. people are taught about how i should grow wings and fly. she said he should do this. i can show you how and i can...
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what we saw since the 2010 elections when the democrats took a beating has crated the current environment. the president is strong. going forward in the second term, does he try and reduce the deficit? does he try and fix long term problems with social security and medicare or does it make it about scoring political points on things like taxes on the super rich or gun control issues that don't matter to your average american. if you listen to his rhetoric, i'm not optimistic about the second term. >> is he on a roll or is he stalled as he begins the second term? >> well, i would disagree strongly with chris and say these are scoring political points and not things that resonate with the average american. if they did not resonate, he would not have won a second term. all these issues including raising taxes on the rich are supported by strong majorities of americans. one issue that he'll taken on not on the radar screen three months ago or certainly a year ago is obviously the issue of reducing gun violence. this is supported by vast majorities of americans, simple common sense laws like r
what we saw since the 2010 elections when the democrats took a beating has crated the current environment. the president is strong. going forward in the second term, does he try and reduce the deficit? does he try and fix long term problems with social security and medicare or does it make it about scoring political points on things like taxes on the super rich or gun control issues that don't matter to your average american. if you listen to his rhetoric, i'm not optimistic about the second...
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in that kind of environment, i think it's very, very difficult to wrestle with or more me protry to predict what may or may not happen in the middle east but it seems pretty clear the obama administration is moving more towards a strategy and tactics, a smaller footprint in the middle east, right, less intervention oriented and more strategic. if you look at the selections for his defense team, he's interested in prosecuting the war on terror in a very different way. at the end of the day, i hope the middle east works some of its issues out without a lot of u.s. intervention, but we can't predict what may or may not happen in the next four years in that region of the world. >> interesting because robert gibbs echos the sentiments james is sharing with regard to the time this president has. and robert says a year and a half at best to get something actually accomplished. it's sort of a myth when a president is re-elected. four more years. you hear the chants of people. not so much. >> two max i would think. >> i think probably the biggest potential disaster would be a terrorist attack in thi
in that kind of environment, i think it's very, very difficult to wrestle with or more me protry to predict what may or may not happen in the middle east but it seems pretty clear the obama administration is moving more towards a strategy and tactics, a smaller footprint in the middle east, right, less intervention oriented and more strategic. if you look at the selections for his defense team, he's interested in prosecuting the war on terror in a very different way. at the end of the day, i...
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. >> host: what do we do to create the environment that promotes compromise? is it just something that happens in the nation is created, not when the nation's continued? >> guest: there's been a lot of times in our history. the constitution is an engine of compromise. he proposed the store is compromise. one of the ways it does this is by making it easy to shut the whole thing down. it takes little to bring government to a grinding halt. a couple people and congress can do it from a president can do it who appeared a few people on the supreme court can do it. it's much easier to keep things from happening and make things happen. what drives compromise is the need to do something, they need to move forward and i think roh is going to have a lot of political theater. i come at this as an english major with a background in theater. so i love the theatrical elements of our politics. i think it's fascinating. it's dramatic, comic, tragic. it's a wonderful bit of literature. in the end, the founding generation had a country to create and they were going to give up a
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about and perhaps that's because it is something we can do about, and the things we are doing to the environment are making these things more unbearable. for example, construction. soon after the earthquake in haiti was an earthquake in chile that was slightly on a level higher that killed less than 100 people, fewer than 100 people. we are a city of buildings and all these things and people have been forced to leave the countryside to come to the city to work and you have this dense population. we often discuss these things and how you version, the land, the fact we have to bring the trees for charcoal causes us to have these massive amount play and flooding. so these things are things we can do something about is a community. they get repeated more, that these other theories also talked about. >> host: and reading through "so spoke the earth," i was struck by the fact that so many writers here and in a sense to return. >> guest: i think so many of us come his children. it's different when you don't choose your migrations. we were like i've parents who fell like they had no choice but to leave.
about and perhaps that's because it is something we can do about, and the things we are doing to the environment are making these things more unbearable. for example, construction. soon after the earthquake in haiti was an earthquake in chile that was slightly on a level higher that killed less than 100 people, fewer than 100 people. we are a city of buildings and all these things and people have been forced to leave the countryside to come to the city to work and you have this dense...
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a lot to do and not a great environment to get it done. but with us now, two men who may not have to worry too much about that, but who may give us great insights if possible to get great things done. barney frank, the former democratic congressman from massachusetts and steve latourette, republican from ohio. first to you, congressman, as the democrat, what does the president have to do differently in the second term to have a more cooperative, working environment. to you, sir, what does the republican party need to do to try to get some things done? >> i have to differ with the preface, john. >> i thought you might. >> barack obama -- look, this notion that partisanship has taken over. it began when barack obama became president. i was chairman of the financial service committee of 2007 in the bush administration and i worked very closely with hank paulson, secretary of the treasury. we worked on putting fannie mae and freddie mac to stop the lawsuits. george bush went to harry reid and nancy pelosi in december of 2007. he said the econo
a lot to do and not a great environment to get it done. but with us now, two men who may not have to worry too much about that, but who may give us great insights if possible to get great things done. barney frank, the former democratic congressman from massachusetts and steve latourette, republican from ohio. first to you, congressman, as the democrat, what does the president have to do differently in the second term to have a more cooperative, working environment. to you, sir, what does the...
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they can do lots of different things to create different environment russ. when calista and i left the inaugural in 2009, the president had given three great speeches, one here just before the election in northern virginia, one at grant park and then the inaugural address. i said if he governs like those three speeches, he will be eisenhower around he will split the republican party. three or four weeks later, he sits down with nancy pelosi and harry reid, passed 780 billion in stimulus, no one having read the bill and the republicans gut it and the speeches were wrong. the president tomorrow is going to sound right, okay? if he follows through on tomorrow's speech, he has a chance to be eisenhower. i don't think he will. i think he wants to be roosevelt in his second term. but that's neither here nor there. if congressional republicans can reach out on issues, take the case of gun control, i think the house judiciary committee ought to hold hearings in chicago. this is the president's hometown. the mayor is the president's former chief of staff. they have v
they can do lots of different things to create different environment russ. when calista and i left the inaugural in 2009, the president had given three great speeches, one here just before the election in northern virginia, one at grant park and then the inaugural address. i said if he governs like those three speeches, he will be eisenhower around he will split the republican party. three or four weeks later, he sits down with nancy pelosi and harry reid, passed 780 billion in stimulus, no one...
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if it's an armed incampment, then is it still a learning environment? we had 27 officers in school, and they were a valuable resource inside our schools. but i think it's a delicate balance, and it would be my grandchildren that we would be protecting more than my children. in any essence, i want to make sure our kids -- schools are learning environments and not armed encampments. we want to make sure we are protecting the learning environment. >> are their armed officers, staff in prince georges schools? >> yeah, they have officers in some of the schools. and you go to look at urban jurisdictions inside the country and there's definitely a lot of that. and that tends to be in schools where you have criminal activity going on, like gang activity, for example, and sometimes the officers can be used to diffuse that, and the fact that they have the gun is not the main reason they are there, and that's, again, the intervention and prevention part that makes sense. >> governor o'malley proposed making it a misdemeanor to not report a lost or stolen gun. woul
if it's an armed incampment, then is it still a learning environment? we had 27 officers in school, and they were a valuable resource inside our schools. but i think it's a delicate balance, and it would be my grandchildren that we would be protecting more than my children. in any essence, i want to make sure our kids -- schools are learning environments and not armed encampments. we want to make sure we are protecting the learning environment. >> are their armed officers, staff in prince...
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there is a lot of environment, john. thanks for showcasing that for us and we can always hope for bipartisanship. thanks so much, john roberts. >> reporter: good to see you. >> alisyn: you too, over to steve. >> steve: thank you very much, ali. the campaign team that got president obama elected twice now reorganizationed into a tax exempt political group to push the president's second term agenda. the team now named organizing for america-- or rather, organizing for action, ofa again, and campaign advisor robert gribbs, jim messina, david axlerod and stephanie. and joining us is jedia. >> good morning. >> steve: has a presidential campaign team ever organized as a political action group. >> this is unprecedented to do this as a tax exempt group. they can take unlimited d donations and corporate donations and don't have to disclose. the campaign came forth and said we'll disclose, but they're not obligated to do so. i think it's a pr marketing machine the president can sell his ideas and public opinion behind him and mobi
there is a lot of environment, john. thanks for showcasing that for us and we can always hope for bipartisanship. thanks so much, john roberts. >> reporter: good to see you. >> alisyn: you too, over to steve. >> steve: thank you very much, ali. the campaign team that got president obama elected twice now reorganizationed into a tax exempt political group to push the president's second term agenda. the team now named organizing for america-- or rather, organizing for action,...